Sunday, September 21, 2025

Many Americans Can't Buy Homes, Get Jobs Or Move in This Stuck Economy

A mix of high borrowing costs, dwindling job openings and growing economic and political uncertainty have left many U.S. households at a standstill, with many Americans saying they feel unable to buy new homes, take new jobs or move to new cities.

Posted by retort at 04:57 PM | 24 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

I would like to take this opportunity to say, "THANKS, TRUMPERS!".

Americans won't likely forget what you've done for them.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-21 05:57 PM

"or move"

Moving was made more costly, under the Trump Tax Code. Moving expenses aren't deductible anymore...unless you're an armed services member who is relocated.

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-09-21 06:00 PM

thank you Joe Biden!

just remember, the Democrats for the last 4 years blamed Trump for everything

#3 | Posted by Maverick at 2025-09-21 06:45 PM

------------, look at what your child-raping hero is doing to farmers.

www.alternet.org

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-21 06:50 PM

Don't worry, folks, nyet problemski. It won't be Trump's economy until..lessee, now ... oh, right, the end of 2129. Just wait! Boy, will it start kicking in by then!!!
~ Howie Lutnik

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-22 06:29 AM

So like the sixties, when Nixon divided us so completely that thousands of Americans moved...to Canada.

#6 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-09-22 07:24 AM

Carl DeMaio says California is going to add $340,000 to the price of new houses and apartments. He is accepting donations to support his opposition to this. I don't know who he is, but he talks about it at about 3 minutes into this video::

www.youtube.com

Everything on youtube must be true!

#7 | Posted by Charliecharles at 2025-09-22 07:42 AM

"I wIlL lOwEr pRiCeS oN dAy OnE"

#8 | Posted by nixon at 2025-09-22 08:08 AM

"Americans won't likely forget what you've done for them."

They likely will. Peoples collectively have short memories.

#9 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-09-22 09:20 AM

thank you Joe Biden!

just remember, the Democrats for the last 4 years blamed Trump for everything

#3 | Posted by Maverick

Because he actually deserved it.

You idiots just mimic and repeat because you can't think for s*&^ on your own.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-22 09:51 AM

just remember, the Democrats for the last 4 years blamed Trump for everything

Did they?

Take inflation. Didn't Democrats try to tell you MagaMorons over and over again that inflation was a worldwide problem driven by multiple factors?

Go on, find a Dem politician , not some troll in 'X' that actually blamed inflation on Trump.

MagaMorons invent their own narrative to become outraged about. Christ, I'm so fed up with it.

#11 | Posted by zarnon at 2025-09-22 10:09 AM

It should be illegal to post ghost jobs. Where I currently work, we actually have openings, but they never fill them. Upper management just keeps telling us employees, be happy that you have a job and do the work of 2 or 3 people. I had one manager admit that they were going to keep up short-staffed in perpetuity because we have shown that we can do the job already.

#12 | Posted by byrdman at 2025-09-22 10:53 AM

Thanks Trump, Need to sue Trump and his estate into oblivion. Then take over his properties and home the homeless there free of charge. This includes Mar-o-lardo and all Trump towers

#13 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-09-22 12:03 PM

Thanks Trump, Need to sue Trump and his estate into oblivion. Then take over his properties and home the homeless there free of charge. This includes Mar-o-lardo and all Trump towers

#14 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-09-22 12:04 PM

Thanks Trump, Need to sue Trump and his estate into oblivion. Then take over his properties and home the homeless there free of charge. This includes Mar-o-lardo and all Trump towers

#14 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-09-22 12:04 PM | Reply

It's a little late for that. Remember, your party tried to bankrupt him, jail him, keep him off the ballot and when none of that worked they tried to assassinate him, twice. So if you want to do it the democratic way get a candidate that doesn't suck.

#15 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-09-22 12:19 PM

- tried to assassinate him, twice.

Who woulda thunk that Republicans were such terrible shots?

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-22 12:30 PM

Who woulda thunk that Republicans were such terrible shots?

#16 | POSTED BY CORKY

Republicans don't like shots and are, I believe, trying to make them illegal.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-22 12:33 PM

Remember, your party tried to bankrupt him, jail him, keep him off the ballot and when none of that worked they tried to assassinate him, twice. So if you want to do it the democratic way get a candidate that doesn't suck.

#15 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

STFU you f^*+ing idiot. Literally none of that is real.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-22 03:06 PM

34 felony convictions.
6 bankruptcies.
A notorious chiseler and deadbeat.
Speaks volumes about the mooks supporting him.
But, dontcha know, mooks gonna mook.

#19 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-22 03:12 PM

Literally none of that is real.

#18 | POSTED BY JPW

The voices in his head very loudly disagree.

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-22 04:03 PM

Priced out of traditional housing, more Americans are living in RVs
www.nbcnews.com

... Moving into an RV may seem like a way to save money, but it can come with unexpected costs and trap families in a cycle of debt. ...

Days before his 12th birthday, Dante Reynolds zipped past rows of tightly packed RVs on his kick scooter until he arrived at the 22-foot travel trailer his family calls home. It was parked that week in a southern Oregon campground off a highway.

Inside, his mom was quickly washing a pile of dishes before the water in their RV's tank ran out. He leaned his scooter next to his sister's "Frozen"-themed tricycle and came inside to help make lunch. The RV doesn't have any tables or chairs, so he sat on a makeshift bed covered by a SpongeBob blanket with a cutting board on his lap, chopping peaches, apples and kiwis while his mom cooked hamburger patties on the RV's small gas range.

"This lifestyle doesn't accommodate things like sitting at a table," said his mom, Andrea Stitt. ...


#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-22 08:18 PM

@#15 ... Remember, your party tried ...

So, the usual unsubstantiated partisan-based accusations form your current alias?

What else yer got?

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-22 08:20 PM

#15

All --------, you ignorant MAGAT dumbass.

#23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-22 10:09 PM

But ... but ... . But ... .. voting with your feet is how this great vibe works! It's how you find the right place to live in accordance with your ideals! That's what makes every state unique!

#24 | Posted by Imshakinitboss at 2025-09-23 11:04 AM

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